| Description | This course builds on the experience of Design
Seminar I and begins to introduce students to
emerging models of practice-based research and
research-based practice. Students become familiar
with design-led and qualitative research
methodologies that aid research outcomes and
inform design projects. Students develop the
ability to contextualize their practice with
reference to critical inquiry while acquiring the
tools to conduct relevant research.
Self-reflective and reflexive practice is
emphasized as 'thinking through making' research
activity. Methods may include: archival research,
action research, ethnography, participant
observations, contextual inquiry, co-designing,
empathy or cultural probes, surveys,
questionnaires, interviews, collages, mindmaps,
modeling, photography, and diagramming.
This course presents a discursive and
multimodal approach to research practice that
supports students in framing a proposed thesis
project |
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